COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Firefighters are working against warm and windy weather as they battle a wildfire that has already burned 6,500 acres on Fort Carson near Colorado Springs.
Temperatures are expected to reach near-record levels in the 70s on Wednesday.
No structures have been destroyed and no injuries have been reported in the fire, which was 10 percent contained by Tuesday. More than 100 firefighters are on scene.
The fire started Tuesday morning on a training range that was being used by soldiers. Fort Carson spokeswoman Dee McNutt says the area usually isn’t used for live-fire training and she didn’t know whether live ammunition was in use there Tuesday.
The cause of the fire hasn’t been determined.
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Information from: The Gazette,
